Long Term Unemployment Rate in the United States decreased to 1.07 percent in January from 1.14 percent in December of 2025. Long Term Unemployment Rate in the United States averaged 1.00 percent from 1948 until 2026, reaching an all time high of 4.40 percent in April of 2010 and a record low of 0.08 percent in May of 1953. source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Long Term Unemployment Rate in the United States is expected to be 1.21 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the United States Long Term Unemployment Rate is projected to trend around 1.10 percent in 2027, according to our econometric models.